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Dr Richard Blankley Ph.D

Experimental Officer

CADET Centre
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
 

 

Role

Experimental Officer in Proteomics. Working in the Proteomics lab in the CADET centre.

 

Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies


Research

Recent research activity is in pregnancy research, with interests around:
Biomarkers for pre-eclampsia and preterm labour
Activity of the placenta in the first trimester of pregnancy
 

 

Methodological Knowledge

Detailed mass spectrometry and HPLC knowledge

 

Biography


 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Biochemistry with Industrial Year  (Imperial College, London)

PhD in Genetics (University of Manchester)

 

Collaborators and affiliated staff

Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, St Mary's Hospital

Dr Jenny Myers
Prof Colin Sibley
Prof John Aplin


 

 

Publications

2009

  • Blankley R, Gaskell SJ, Whetton A, Dive C, Baker PN, Myers JE. (2009). A proof-of-principle study demonstrates a gel-free proteomics strategy which could be applied to the identification of predictive biomarkers for the onset of pre-eclampsia. British Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, 116, 1473-1480. eScholarID:1d33580 | DOI:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02283.x
  • Blankley R, Robinson N, Crocker IP, Gaskell SJ, Whetton A, Baker PN, Myers JE. (2009). A Gel-Free Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Factors Released From Hypoxic-Conditioned Placentae. Reproductive Sciences, 17, 247-257. eScholarID:1d33845 | DOI:10.1177/1933719109351320

2008

  • Robinson N, Wareing M, Hudson NK, Blankley R, Baker PN, Aplin JD, Crocker IP. (2008). Oxygen and the liberation of placental factors responsible for vascular compromise. Laboratory Investigation, 88( 3), eScholarID:1d28175

Research projects

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